AI to help raise access to quality education

A system is being developed to provide high-quality instruction to colleges in rural areas.

Deputy Education Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul speaks to students during his visit to a school in Buri Ram on Thursday. (Photo supplied/Apinya Wipatayotin)
Surasak Phancharoenworakul, the deputy minister of education, addresses students on Thursday during his visit to a Buri Ram class. ( Photo supplied/Apinya Wipatayotin )

Surasak Phancharoenworakul, Deputy Education Minister, says the Ministry of Education is pressing institutions across the country to improve the quality of their instruction in order to be in line with the most recent technologies, including artificial intelligence.

He claimed that next year there will be more use of AI-enabled systems, which may improve student outcomes.

Mr. Surasak stated that the government would produce an AI system to close educational gaps, particularly in remote areas, during a time of school inspections in Buri Ram province on Thursday.

Through the use of AI, high-quality educators from well-known schools will be able to tell students abroad to provide them with more equitable chances, he said.

” We believe all students have the ability]to succeed ] (# ), but some lack the opportunity”, said Mr Surasak.

” AI technology has now altered the world, and we will make use of it to provide equal access to education for students in less-affluent locations.” They can learn anything, anyplace, anytime.

Based on the findings of an evaluation by the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment ( ONESQA ), the ministry has launched a project to raise the standard of instruction. It is in charge of assessing 3, 020 institutions, from school to high-school levels, as well as 2, 055 hospital development areas.

Teams from universities and local training centers provided training on how to improve the teaching standards in schools that needed assistance as part of the project.

One effective case, referring to the Wat Ban Palad Puk School in the Buri Ram city of Ban Dan, was cited by Mr. Surasak as the” Palad Puk Model.” In order to enhance student learning and teaching, the class has taken an innovative strategy.

In order to increase the program, the school allows all interested parties to participate in planning, practicing, and evaluating curricula. As a result, its Pathom 6 ( grade 6 ) and Matthayom 3 ( grade 9 ) students scored higher on the Ordinary National Educational Test (O-Net ), he said. It has now served as a model for different institutions.

It illustrates how, with the support of powerful participation from all parties, the quality of education may be improved.

Satuek School in Satuk district, however, has developed a “firearms monitoring technique” to warn people in the community to the presence of weapon and other weapons, he said, citing this as another design school.

The project was put forth in response to safety issues following the fatal shooting spree in Nakhon Ratchasima in 2020.